On 1 October 1985, Israeli fighter jets flew more than 2,000 kilometres across the Mediterranean to bomb the PLO headquarters in the quiet seaside town of Hammam Chott, just outside Tunis. The intended target was PLO leader Yasser Arafat, who survived. But the airstrike killed 68 people, including Palestinian officials and Tunisian civilians. Locals later said the bodies were so entangled that it was impossible to tell who was who — a symbol of the deep bond that would form between Tunisians and